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Article 6: Development Standards Section 6.12: Signs Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 6-79 hour or a maximum of 8 times in a 24 hour period signs or signs with moving parts except for signs showing time of day and temperature that are part of an approved sign advertising a permitted business activity on a parcel of property; (D) Signs with electronic moveable copy, scrolling messages or other similar electronic displays designed to change display more than once an hour or a maximum of 8 times in a 24 hour period; (E)(C) SignsErected within a street right-of-way, other than traffic, governmental, street name signs, political signs erected in accordance with State law, or other official governmental or public agency sign, shall not be permitted within any street right-of-waythose required and/or permitted by local, State, or Federal law; (F)(D) Are defined as a Roof roof, snipe, and trailer signs; (G) Snipe signs; (H) Beacon lights, animated signs, trailer signs and snipe signs; (I)(E) Are Portable portable signs, unless approved for a special event in accordance with Section 6.12.11(D); (J)(F) Signs Are supported in whole or in part by water, gas, air, or could otherwise be designated as inflatable signs; Individuals erecting an inflatable sign shall be subject to an immediate notice of violation and shall be required to remove the sign within the time frame it would normally take to deflate the sign, unless approved for a special event in accordance with Section 6.12.11(D); (K)(G) Signs Are mounted on a single pole or mast; (L) Signs that contain rotating sign panels or objects; (M)(H) Signs that obstruct Obstruct ingress and egress to any door, window, fire escape, stairway, ladder, or other opening intended to provide light, air, ingress, or egress for any room or building; and (N)(I) Signs that violateViolate any provision of any law of the State of North Carolina relative to outdoor advertising. 6.12.7 Permit Required - Submittal Requirements In order to erect a sign, other than exempt signsauthorized within Section 6.12.5, a Zoning Compliance Permitzoning compliance permit application must be submitted and approved in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.4the Ordinance and the following specific submittal requirements: (A) A drawing to scale showing the design of the sign, including dimensions, method of attachment or support, source of illumination. If attached to a structure, the drawing must indicate where on the structure it will be installed; (B) A plot plan drawn to scale indicating the location of the sign relative to property lines, easements, buildings, streets and other on-premise signs; 18 (C)(B) Sign copy shall be submitted for all proposed signs to the Planning department for review and approval. No sign shall have lewd or lascivious letters, words, or characters designating the same; and 19 (D) Sign plans shall be submitted to the Planning Department for approval prior to the Building Inspector issuing a Building Permit. A record of such applications and actions taken shall be kept in the Planning Department.20 18SubmittalrequirementsarecontainedinSection(s)2.4and2.5anddonotneedtoberepeatedhere. 19StaffisreviewingthisspecificlanguagewiththeCounty’sAttorneyofficetoascertainifsameisprohibitedunder Reed. 10